History of medicine books

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The Fever of 1721: The Epidemic That Revolutionized Medicine and American Politics

The Fever of 1721: The Epidemic That Revolutionized...

Author: Stephen Coss
ISBN: 9781476783116
Format: Paperback
$50.13

"The ""intelligent and sweeping"" (Booklist) story of the crucial year that prefigured the events of the American...  Read More >>

Historical Record of the City of Savannah

Historical Record of the City of Savannah

Author: F D Lee ,  J L Agnew
ISBN: 9783744641289
Format: Paperback
$67.02

Historical record of the city of Savannah. This book, Historical record of the city of Savannah, by F.D. Lee,...  Read More >>

Witchcraft as a Social Diagnosis: Traditional Ghanaian Beliefs and Global Health

Witchcraft as a Social Diagnosis: Traditional Ghanaian...

Author: Roxane Richter ,  Thomas Flowers
ISBN: 9781498523189
Format: Hardback
$240.00

This book examines medical outreach in the condemned witches’ village of Gnani in Ghana, focusing on clashes between...  Read More >>

Shell-Shock and Medical Culture in First World War Britain

Shell-Shock and Medical Culture in First World War Britain...

Author: Tracey Loughran (University of Essex)
ISBN: 9781107128903
Format: Hardback
$232.88

This book is a study of the formation of the medical diagnosis of shell-shock in First World War Britain. Dr Loughran...  Read More >>

Medicine in First World War Europe: Soldiers, Medics, Pacifists

Medicine in First World War Europe: Soldiers, Medics,...

Author: Dr Fiona Reid (University of South Wales, UK)
ISBN: 9781472513243
Format: Paperback
$52.99

"""Explores the history of medical services, health and welfare in Europe during the First World War.""--Provided...  Read More >>

How Aspirin Entered Our Medicine Cabinet

How Aspirin Entered Our Medicine Cabinet

Author: Steven M. Rooney ,  J.N. Campbell
ISBN: 9783319546148
Format: Paperback
$129.35

This brief traces the story of one of our most common medicines – aspirin. Starting at the beginning of the twentieth...  Read More >>

Tertullian and the Unborn Child: Christian and Pagan Attitudes in Historical Perspective

Tertullian and the Unborn Child: Christian and Pagan...

Author: Julian Barr
ISBN: 9781472467409
Format: Hardback
$315.00

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The Gland Illusion: Early Attempts at Rejuvenation through Male Hormone Therapy

The Gland Illusion: Early Attempts at Rejuvenation through...

Author: John B. Nanninga
ISBN: 9781476666129
Format: Paperback
$79.07

With the discovery of internal secretions from the sex glands, later named the hormones testosterone and estrogen,...  Read More >>

Medicine in First World War Europe: Soldiers, Medics, Pacifists

Medicine in First World War Europe: Soldiers, Medics,...

Author: Dr Fiona Reid (University of South Wales, UK)
ISBN: 9781472510020
Format: Hardback
$180.00

"""Explores the history of medical services, health and welfare in Europe during the First World War.""--Provided...  Read More >>

A Cabinet of Ancient Medical Curiosities: Strange Tales and Surprising Facts from the Healing Arts of Greece and Rome

A Cabinet of Ancient Medical Curiosities: Strange Tales...

Author: J.C. McKeown (Professor of Classics, Professor of Classics, University of Wisconsin-Madison)
ISBN: 9780190610432
Format: Hardback
$39.95

A light-hearted portrait of the origins of modern medicine in the ancient world  Read More >>

Yellow Fever: A Worldwide History

Yellow Fever: A Worldwide History

Author: S.L. Kotar ,  J.E. Gessler
ISBN: 9780786479191
Format: Paperback
$71.50

Medical science has never found a cure for yellow fever and the disease continues to present a threat to the modern...  Read More >>

The Metamorphosis of Autism: A History of Child Development in Britain

The Metamorphosis of Autism: A History of Child Development...

Author: Bonnie Evans
ISBN: 9780719095924
Format: Hardback
$56.99

This is the first detailed exploration of the history of autism in the UK. Drawing from extensive and highly original...  Read More >>

Tu Youyou: China's First Nobel Prize Winner

Tu Youyou: China's First Nobel Prize Winner

Author: Liu
ISBN: 9781910760185
Format: Paperback
$25.75

Tu Youyou is the first Chinese female scientist to win Nobel prize (in physiology or medicine) in 2015. This book...  Read More >>

The Apothecary (Ancient and Modern) of the Society, London, Blackfriars

The Apothecary (Ancient and Modern) of the Society,...

Author: George Corfe
ISBN: 9781473336049
Format: Paperback
$25.85

This vintage book contains a history of the Society of Apothecaries of the City of London, first published in 1885....  Read More >>

The Story of Pain: From Prayer to Painkillers

The Story of Pain: From Prayer to Painkillers

Author: Joanna Bourke (Professor of History, Professor of History, Birkbeck, University of London)
ISBN: 9780199689439
Format: Paperback
$29.95

The story of pain and suffering since the eighteenth century. Prize-winning historian Joanna Bourke charts how our...  Read More >>

Plagues

Plagues

Author: Jonathan L. Heeney (University of Cambridge) ,  Sven Friedemann (University of Bristol)
ISBN: 9781316644768
Format: Paperback
$51.72

This engaging and timely collection analyses the impact of plagues, from early history to current medicine and the...  Read More >>

Baby Trouble in the Last Best West: Making New People in Alberta, 1905-1939

Baby Trouble in the Last Best West: Making New People...

Author: Amy Kaler
ISBN: 9781442613942
Format: Paperback
$54.99

Baby Trouble in the Last Best West explores the ways that women's childbearing became understood as a social problem...  Read More >>

Baby Trouble in the Last Best West: Making New People in Alberta, 1905-1939

Baby Trouble in the Last Best West: Making New People...

Author: Amy Kaler
ISBN: 9781442645684
Format: Hardback
$125.00

Baby Trouble in the Last Best West explores the ways that women's childbearing became understood as a social problem...  Read More >>

The Development of Scientific Marketing in the Twentieth Century: Research for Sales in the Pharmaceutical Industry

The Development of Scientific Marketing in the Twentieth...

Author: Jean-Paul Gaudillière
ISBN: 9781138630116
Format: Paperback
$124.00

The global pharmaceutical industry is currently estimated to be worth $1 trillion. Contributors chart the rise of...  Read More >>

Payment and Philanthropy in British Healthcare, 1918–48

Payment and Philanthropy in British Healthcare, 1918–48...

Author: George Campbell Gosling (University Teacher in Modern British History) ,  Keir Waddington
ISBN: 9781526114327
Format: Hardback
$56.99

Examines how commercial medicine operated before the foundation of the NHS, and how this could be compatible with...  Read More >>

Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them

Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes...

Author: Jennifer Wright
ISBN: 9781627797467
Format: Hardback
$42.99

A witty, irreverent tour of history's worst plagues-from the Antonine Plague, to leprosy, to polio-and a celebration...  Read More >>

The Amazing Language of Medicine: Understanding Medical Terms and Their Backstories

The Amazing Language of Medicine: Understanding Medical...

Author: Robert B. Taylor
ISBN: 9783319503271
Format: Paperback
$155.22

This book tells the intriguing and often colorful stories of the medical words we use. The origins of clinical and...  Read More >>

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